Patient pants for excretion

ABSTRACT

A kind of pants has a U-shaped opening across an adjacent edge of two connecting leg portions, a pair of front suspenders arranged at a front of the pants as each suspender connecting to a front passage, a pair or rear suspenders arranged at a rear of the pants as each suspender connecting to a rear passage, a water proof anti-splash cover partially sewn on the pants and covering a front end of the U-shaped opening, a displaceable covering piece arranged under the U-shaped opening with a pair of bands passing through the front passages to be fixed on the front suspenders and with a pair of strips passing through the rear passages and a pair of guiding rings to be fixed on the rear suspenders. Thereby the displaceable covering piece allows those who have to sit on a wheelchair most of the time to perform excretion right on the wheelchair with their pants on.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a garment, particularly to patient pants that allow those who have to stay on a wheelchair most of the time to directly perform excretion thereon.

2. Description of the Related Art

As population aging becomes more serious, illnesses that cause paralysis or physically disabilities are more common. Excretion has also become a problem for those who have to lie on beds or move with wheelchairs most of the time. To reduce their families and caregivers burdens, some wheelchairs and nursing beds have excretion devices. FIG. 1A shows a conventional wheelchair with excretion device 90. It has an opening 92 arranged on a seat 91 and a container 93 disposed under the opening 92. FIG. 1B illustrates another wheelchair with excretion device 90 invented by the inventor. The wheelchair 90 further includes a washing device 94 for cleansing. FIG. 1C is a nursing bed for excretion 100 also invented by the inventor. The nursing bed 100 has an opening 102 on a mattress 101 and a container 103 disposed under the mattress 101; moreover, it has a washing device 104 as well.

Although the wheelchairs 90 and the nursing bed 100 disclosed have excretion devices for their users, it is still inconvenient since the users have to take off their pants before excreting; and it gets more embarrassing and even self-esteem hurting when the scene comes to outdoors.

Conventional pants have a waist portion connecting two leg portions and a zipper. However, the length of the zipper is not long enough to form an opening under the pants. Therefore, such pants are not suitable for those who have to lie on beds or sit on wheelchairs most of the time in view of convenient excretion.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention aims to resolve the problem of direct excretion performing on a nursing bed or a wheelchair for its users with their pants on.

To achieve the objects mentioned above, the present invention comprises a pair of pants having a waist portion linking with two symmetrical leg portions and a U-shaped opening perpendicularly arranged across an adjacent edge of the leg portions; a pair of front suspenders arranged at a front of the waist portion with each suspender having a front positioning hole and a pair of rear suspenders arranged at a rear of the waist portion with each suspender having a rear positioning hole and passing through a guiding ring; two front passages arranged correspondingly for the front suspenders to individually pass through, each passage having an upper end sewn on the pants and a lower end arranged near the U-shaped opening without sewing, making it partially detachable; two rear passages sewn on the pants correspondingly for the rear suspenders to individually pass through; an anti-splash cover in an arc shape having a first end sewn on the pants and a second end arranged at a front of the U-shaped opening without sewing, making it partially detachable; a displaceable covering piece arranged under the U-shaped opening correspondingly, having a front end thereof connecting to a pair of bands, each band having a free end individually passing through the front passage on the same side and fixed on the front suspender on the same side, and a rear end thereof connecting to a pair of strips, each strip having a free end individually passing through the rear passage and guiding ring on the same side and then being upwardly positioned to each side; and two pads made of soft materials with ventilation sewn on a position corresponding to buttocks of human body and arranged across the covering piece, forming a space between the pads.

Thereby when pulling the strips backwards, the covering piece would displace backwards and uncover the U-shaped opening for a user to perform excretion; when loosening the strips, the covering piece would displace back to an original position and cover the U-shaped opening.

In short, the present invention allows those who have difficulties in moving, usually patients and elders, to perform excretion with more conveniences and without relying on others' helps, thus regain some self-esteem for them and reduce burdens on their caregivers as well. Also, such design helps with better environment hygiene.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1A is a perspective view of a conventional wheelchair for excretion;

FIG. 1B is a perspective view of another conventional wheelchair for excretion;

FIG. 1C is a perspective view of a conventional nursing bed for excretion;

FIG. 2A is an exploded view of the present invention in a preferred embodiment;

FIG. 2B is an exploded view of partial elements of the present invention in the preferred embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the present invention in the preferred embodiment;

FIG. 3A is a schematic diagram illustrating an anti-splash cover thereof being lifted up;

FIG. 4 is another perspective view of the present invention in the preferred embodiment;

FIG. 4A is an enlarged view of partial structure in FIG. 4;

FIG. 5 is another perspective view of the present invention in the preferred embodiment, showing a covering piece thereof uncovering a U-shaped opening thereof;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the present invention, showing the U-shaped opening uncovered;

FIG. 7 is a practical application view of the present invention applied to a wheelchair; and

FIG. 8 is a practical application view of the present invention applied to a nursing bed.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

With reference to FIGS. 2A-6, in a preferred embodiment, the present invention comprises a pair of pants 10, a pair of front suspenders 20, a pair of rear suspenders 30, two front passages 40, two rear passages 50, an anti-splash cover 60, a displaceable covering piece 70, and two pads 14.

The pants 10 have a waist portion 11 linking with two symmetrical leg portions 12 and a U-shaped opening 13 perpendicularly arranged across an adjacent edge of the leg portions 12.

The front suspenders 20 are arranged at a front of the waist portion 11, each of which has a front positioning hole 21. The rear suspenders 30 are arranged at a rear of the waist portion 11, each of which has a rear positioning hole 31 and passes through a guiding ring 32. In this embodiment, the front and rear positioning holes 21, 31 are buttonholes for buttons (not shown) to pass through, therefore positioning the waist portion 11.

Each front passage 40 is arranged correspondingly for one of the front suspenders 20 to pass through and has an upper end 41 sewn on the pants 10 and a lower end 42 arranged near the U-shaped opening 13 without sewing, making it partially detachable, and the rear passages 50 are correspondingly sewn on the pants as well so that each of which allows one of the rear suspenders 30 to pass through.

The anti-splash cover 60 is arranged in an arc shape. It has a first end 61 sewn on the pants 10 and a second end 62 arranged at a front of the U-shaped opening 13 without sewing, making it partially detachable; the anti-splash cover 60 further includes an arc portion 63 and a pair of wings 64 extending from the arc portion 63 for the anti-splash cover 60 to cover the U-shaped opening 13 with a greater width. In the embodiment, the anti-splash cover 60 has an inner surface made of water proof materials and an outer surface made of cloths.

The displaceable covering piece 70 is arranged under the U-shaped opening 13 correspondingly and has a front end thereof connecting to a pair of bands 71; each band 71 has a free end 711 individually passing through the front passage 40 on the same side and fixed on the front suspender 20 on the same side, and a rear end thereof is connecting to a pair of strips 72; each strip 72 has a free end 721 individually passing through the rear passage 50 and the guiding ring on the same side and then upwardly positioned to each side.

The pads 14 are made of soft materials with ventilation sewn on a position corresponding to buttocks of human body and arranged across the covering piece 70, forming a space S between the pads 14. In this embodiment, the pads 14 can be made of sponges or silicon rubber to elevate the sitting position of buttocks of human body and to form the space S as shown in FIG. 6.

With structures disclosed above, when pulling the strips 72 backwards, the covering piece 70 would displace backwards and uncover the U-shaped opening 13 for a user to perform excretion; when loosening the strips 72, the covering piece 70 would displace back to an original position and cover the U-shaped opening 13.

In this embodiment, each front suspender 20 further includes a tri-glide buckle 22 for the free end 711 of the band 71 on the same side to pass through for positioning and adjustment. With reference to FIGS. 4-6, each of the strips 72 further has its free end 721 passing through a binder clip 80. The binder clips 80 are fixed on a positioning piece 73 by a pair of hook-and-loop fasteners 731 or two corresponding buttonholes 732 to be arranged at corresponding sides of the pants 10; each binder clip 80 further includes a triangular resilient body 81 with a through hole 82 arranged on a flat bottom surface thereof for the strip 72 on the same side to pass through and to be positioned thereby, and two handles 83 correspondingly arranged at an outer side of the resilient body 81 to loosen the spring force on the strip 72 and form an opening 811 when the handles 83 are compressed.

All in all, the operation and features of the present invention are illustrated as following

First of all, FIG. 3 disclosed a normal status of the present invention where the anti-splash cover 60 is arranged at the front of the pants 10 and the covering piece 70 is arranged under the pants 10. The anti-splash cover 60 has its first end 61 sewn on the pants 10 and its second end 62 placed in the front of the U-shaped opening 13. Due to the waterproof materials, the anti-splash cover 60 helps preventing from wet pants; plus, the arc shape assists in guiding the urine downwards. Further referring to FIG. 3A, the wings 64 at corresponding sides allows the anti-splash cover 60 to be detached from the bands 71 and allows the second end 62 to be cleaned when needed, ensuring personal hygiene.

Then referring to FIGS. 4-6, the covering piece 70 normally is arranged under the U-shaped opening 13. When a user needs to excrete, simply pulling up the free ends 721 of the strips 72 to displace the covering piece 70 and uncover the U-shaped opening 13 as shown in FIG. 5. The free ends 721 are then fixedly positioned by the resilient body 81 of the binder clips 80 to hold the position of the covering piece 70. After excretion, compressing the handles 83 of the binder clips 80 to form an opening 811 and loosen the spring force holding the strips 72 for the covering piece 70 to be pulled back to its original position by the bands 71. In FIG. 6, due to the design of the pads 14, a space S is formed under the covering piece 70 so that it can be displaced smoothly.

Lastly, the present invention is designed to be compatibly in use together with wheelchairs and nursing beds shown in FIGS. 1A-1C which also allows excretion thereon. Thus, FIG. 7 illustrates a practical application of the present invention being in use together with a wheelchair 90 for excretion. When a user is sitting on a seat 91 thereof, the U-shaped opening 13 is disposed right on a opening 92 and a container 93 for excretion conveniently. With the anti-splash cover 60 and the covering piece 70, the user's privacy is taken cared; a caregiver can simply pull the covering piece 70 for excretion without carrying the user to the toilet. FIG. 8 illustrates another practical application of the present invention with a nursing bed 100 which provides the same function in the same operation as those in the wheelchair 90.

Although particular embodiment of the invention has been described in detail for purposes of illustration, various modifications and enhancements may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the invention is not to be limited except as by the appended claims. 

What is claimed is:
 1. Patient pants comprising: a pair of pants having a waist portion linking with two symmetrical leg portions and a U-shaped opening perpendicularly arranged across an adjacent edge of the leg portions; a pair of front suspenders arranged at a front of the waist portion with each suspender having a front positioning hole and a pair of rear suspenders arranged at a rear of the waist portion with each suspender having a rear positioning hole and passing through a guiding ring; two front passages arranged correspondingly for the front suspenders to individually pass through, each passage having an upper end sewn on the pants and a lower end arranged near the U-shaped opening without sewing, making it partially detachable; two rear passages sewn on the pants correspondingly for the rear suspenders to individually pass through; an anti-splash cover in an arc shape having a first end sewn on the pants and a second end arranged at a front of the U-shaped opening without sewing, making it partially detachable; a displaceable covering piece arranged under the U-shaped opening correspondingly, having a front end thereof connecting to a pair of bands, each band having a free end individually passing through the front passage on the same side and fixed on the front suspender on the same side, and a rear end thereof connecting to a pair of strips, each strip having a free end individually passing through the rear passage and guiding ring on the same side and then being upwardly positioned to each side; and two pads made of soft materials with ventilation sewn on a position corresponding to buttocks of human body and arranged across the covering piece, forming a space between the pads; whereby when pulling the strips backwards, the covering piece would displace backwards and uncover the U-shaped opening for a user to perform excretion; when loosening the strips, the covering piece would displace back to an original position and cover the U-shaped opening.
 2. The patient pants as claimed in claim 1, wherein each front suspender further includes a tri-glide buckle for the free end of the band on the same side to pass through for positioning and adjustment.
 3. The patient pants as claimed in claim 1, wherein the front and rear positioning holes are buttonholes.
 4. The patient pants as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the strips further has its free end passing through a binder clip, said binder clips being fixed on a positioning piece by a pair of hook-and-loop fasteners or two corresponding buttonholes to be arranged at corresponding sides of the pants, and each binder clip further including a triangular resilient body with a through hole arranged on a flat bottom surface thereof for one of the strips to pass through and to be positioned thereby, and two handles correspondingly arranged at an outer side of the resilient body to loosen the spring force on the strip and form an opening when the handles are compressed. 